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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Technique of shading using dots to control value






2. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






3. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






4. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






5. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






6. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






7. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






8. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






9. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






10. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






11. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






12. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






13. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






14. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






15. The amount of light reflected by a hue






16. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






17. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






18. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






19. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






20. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






21. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






22. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






23. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






24. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






25. Known for his glass sculpture






26. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






27. Something that supports a sculpture






28. Creates blue dye






29. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






30. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






31. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






32. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






33. Renowned for paintings and prints






34. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






35. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






36. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






37. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






38. Where the revolving door was fully developed






39. Application of potassium sulphide






40. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






41. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






42. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






43. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






44. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






45. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






46. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






47. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






48. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






49. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






50. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool